Re: [PLUG] Alternatives to Dropbox on Linux

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Fred,

I'm running the latest versions of both Dropbox and macOS. This is a
description of the problem I'm seeing:

https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/macos-12-monterey-support

They describe a workaround for single files, but nothing for an entire
subdirectory which is what I need. My entire gnucash directory appears
as 0-byte files.

Walt

On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 08:47:50PM -0400, Fred Stluka via plug wrote:
> Walt,
> 
> Dropbox works fine on my MacBook Pro with macOS 12.3.
> 
> I've been using DropBox for just over 10 years.  Never a problem.
> I upgraded from macOS 11.6 to 12.3 about 2 weeks ago and it's
> still working fine.
> 
> Maybe check whether you need to upgrade to a newer version
> of DropBox?
> 
> --Fred
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> Fred Stluka -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service!
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> 
> On 4/4/22 7:56 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've been a Dropbox user for a long time, and I've been paying for extra
> > storage for the last 5 years or so. I bounce around between Linux, Mac,
> > and Windows, and I need to have my directories synced between all 3
> > platforms.
> > 
> > This has worked great for a long time, but it seems Dropbox was using
> > some undocumented features on macOS. Apple closed these holes in version
> > 12.3 (which came out a few weeks ago) and now wants everyone providing
> > this kind of service to use a new API. Even though this was announced a
> > year ago, Dropbox still hasn't implemented it and so it's no longer
> > syncing directories to macOS.
> > 
> > They had *ONE JOB*…
> > 
> > I'm sure they'll fix if eventually. In the meantime I'm willing to look
> > into alternatives, but as far as I know none of their major competitors
> > (iCloud Drive, One Drive, Google Drive, Box, etc.) have Linux clients
> > that integrate into the filesystem as seamlessly as Dropbox does.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any alternatives they can suggest? I don't need any
> > bells and whistles. All I want is Dropbox's functionality from 15 years
> > ago -- a single drive that quietly and automatically syncs files between
> > Linux, macOS and Windows.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Walt
> > 
> > 
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